Sterile Processing Assistant - Tucson, United States - El Rio Community Health Center

El Rio Community Health Center

Verified Company

Tucson, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Schedule:
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm

Salary:

$ $22.10 hourly Depending on Qualifications

JOB PURPOSE:

A Sterile Processing Assistant supports daily operations and sterilization processing of reusable medical or dental instruments and equipment; ensuring that sterilization processing meets all professional standards and requirements.

The incumbent performs and completes the decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packing, sterilization, storage, and distribution of submitted medical instruments and equipment.

Additionally, in this role the incumbent may be required to fulfill varied administrative or clerical functions, duties, assignments, and responsibilities in support of assigned departmental operations.

The incumbent in this position will perform all functions and responsibilities of the position at the direction of and at a location assigned by management.

An employee in this position works with general supervision and review, and any work problems involving departures from standard policies, interpretations, or procedures are to be presented to the supervisor for direction and resolution.

The primary goal of the El Rio Health Sterile Processing Assistant is to support El Rio's Mission of providing comprehensive, quality health care that is affordable and accessible to all who may have healthcare needs, by successfully performing the primary essential functions.

The following functions and responsibilities will contribute to El Rio Health to achieve its KEY RESULTS:

World Class Experience for staff and patients
Healthier patients and employees
Positive Financial Result

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Performs all assigned duties, tasks, responsibilities, and assignments supporting departmental operations within established time frames; meeting established rates of performance for the quality and quantity of work for the position; demonstrating a level of selfinitiative, quality, efficiency, and accuracy in the employee's job performance that ensures the highest standards of excellence.
Distributes in the correct location's sterile instruments.
Performs environmental maintenance duties in the sterile processing area in accordance with the CDC, OSHA, and AAMI guidelines; maintains inventory levels in sterile processing area.
Performs the technical duties for the decontamination processing, sterilization, and distribution of supplies and equipment according to protocol, policies, and procedures, such as:
Picking up, washing, and sterilizing medical instruments from the medical or dental clinics; maintaining an accurate and timely log of all autoclaved loads and verifying complete sterilization and assembling pre-pack instrument trays
Cleans and prepares instruments and equipment according to the manufacturers' instructions for sterilization.
Inspects instruments for damage or defects; verifies proper function of instruments and tray completion prior to wrapping for terminal sterilization.
Sorts and arranges items into proper trays according to established policies and procedures.
Positions items correctly in sterilizer and selects proper wash cycle.
Sterilizes instruments and equipment according to set standards using steam processing.
Correctly operates sterilizers, ultrasonic washer, and other equipment for processing items.
Performs monitoring of sterilizers according to policies and procedures.
Verifies that equipment functions properly and reports deficiencies immediately to supervisor.
Assembles, wraps, and sterilizes trays of instruments in accordance with El Rio Sterilization policy and procedures, as well as CDC, OSHA, and AAMI guidelines.
Accurately labels each item with name and expiration date.
Monitors and responds to biological, physical, and chemical indicators to ensure quality and consistency for sterilization of instruments and medical equipment.
Cleans sterilizers according to established policies and procedures.
Performs required biological monitoring tests on all sterilizers according to established policies and procedures.
Maintains compliance with all local, state, federal, and accrediting agencies in regards to all sterilization activities.
Assists with maintaining established policies and procedures, performance objectives, quality improvement, safety, environmental, and infection prevention standards.
Maintains a clean, safe, and hygienic work environment in compliance with all Policies and Procedures including but not limited to work areas, workstations, examination rooms, hand washing, infection prevention and control etc. for this position.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

In support of the Mission and Vision of El Rio Health, will at all times represent themselves as a professional role model of El Rio Health serving as a positive informational source for members of the community.
Supports El Rio Health by participating in community events which promote good health, and which con